Mission record
Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced | 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2459, Kosmos 2460, Kosmos 2461)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Provider type
Government
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:19:44 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5039 ever
Mission
Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.
Deployed payloads · 1